Third spaces mean specifically places that aren’t home or work/school that you can spend your free time by yourself or with others. Cafes, malls, arcades, libraries, parks, community centres, hobby clubs, and bars (for adults).
Many of these places have become less accessible, especially for children and teenagers. Either farther and fewer between or more expensive.
Totally get ya. The terminology just seems too orderly for me, like a rank in priority of how you should spend time.
For a good portion of my teenage years, skateboarding for free in a grocery store parking lot with my friends was the first space. Slogging through home and school was the chores to be done to get there.
Third spaces mean specifically places that aren’t home or work/school that you can spend your free time by yourself or with others. Cafes, malls, arcades, libraries, parks, community centres, hobby clubs, and bars (for adults).
Many of these places have become less accessible, especially for children and teenagers. Either farther and fewer between or more expensive.
Totally get ya. The terminology just seems too orderly for me, like a rank in priority of how you should spend time.
For a good portion of my teenage years, skateboarding for free in a grocery store parking lot with my friends was the first space. Slogging through home and school was the chores to be done to get there.